The emesine assassin bug genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species Author Ishikawa, Tadashi Author Truong, Xuan Lam Author Okajima, Shûji text Zootaxa 2012 3181 47 57 journal article 45511 10.5281/zenodo.279977 41ea3707-f034-4c6c-ac1f-ec010ba39479 1175-5326 279977 Empicoris minutus Usinger Empicoris minutus Usinger, 1946: 45 ; Ishikawa 2006: 3. Type locality: Inarajan, Guam . Material examined. Non-types: 13 3Ƥ ( VAST and TUA) — [ Vietnam ] Vinh Phuc Province: 3Ƥ, Tam Dao , 16.v.2003 , T. X. Lam; 13, Me Linh, 7.vi.2003 , T. X. Lam. Diagnosis. Recognized by a combination of the following characters: posterior lobe of head a little more convex than anterior lobe, lacking tubercle behind interocular furrow; posterior pronotal lobe lacking tubercle posteromedially; lateral carina of posterior pronotal lobe less than half of posterior lobe; apicalmost blackish annulation on metafemur less than 1.5 times of distal whitish part; hemelytral pterostigma frequently tinged with red; pygophoral posterior process deeply incised; incision of pygophoral posterior process about 0.7 times as deep as length of posterior process; paramere clavate, strongly curved inwards in apical one-fourth, sparsely covered with setae in apical half; struts of phallus Y-shaped, widely bifurcate in apical one-third in dorsal view, with apical margin nearly straight in middle; styloides covered with about 2 setae at middle; and each arm of styloides widened at basal onethird. Body length 3.4–4.6 mm . Distribution. Vietnam (Vinh Phuc Prov.), Japan , Hawaiian Islands, Mariana Islands , Samoa , Fiji .